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...Free VoIP soft phone for Windows or Pocket PC from Stanaphone...
LivePhone tested Stanaphone with great results. As a possible Vonage alternative, we selected a 646 area code, which is Manhattan (New York.)
Sound quality is outstanding and testing has been a breeze. Installation was quick and very easy. Even non-technical users will enjoy this easy installation.
From any phone our web visitors can call us and it immediately rings on the computer. Rates in the US are 2 cents a minute in most places, and international rates are also 2 cents to most countries. The service is free, and Stanaphone to Stanaphone calls are also free. You only need the minute rate if you want to use VOIP to land line service. Calls to toll free numbers are also free.
Calls within the state of Missouri USA are some of the most expensive in the United States and are billed at 14 cents a minute. We have a toll free number that rings to the cell phone, but if a toll free call originates in Missouri we are charged 14 cents a minute, not 4.5 cents as advertised. Stanaphone becomes our best deal. We originate the call from the computer, and our rate is only 2 cents a minute.
Stanaphone has a call log, caller ID, no latency and no echo. They claim that Stanaphone is for broadband use, and we didn't test it with a dial up connection. Our tests were with 5 Meg DSL speed and a USB headset. One nice feature is that voicemail is received as a file attached to your email, and they send the email as soon as the wav file is processed. No setup is required, and no audio configuration was required. We give Stanaphone an outstanding rating. While Free World Dialup is often busy or times out, and Addaline is out of business, Stanaphone is our VOIP solution! Visit Stanaphone at Stanaphone.com. This opens in a new window so you will not lose your place if this is not for you.
Options similar to Stanaphone are GloPhone and Adore Phone. See more about these free offerings on our Windows Phones page. Both Stanaphone and Glophone offer paid acounts so you may call non - VON or VOIP numbers. That would be defined as telephone calls from your voice over the net phone to telephones on the plain old telephone switching network like a standard house or business phone. We must mention poor response to our emails by Stanaphone. We ordered their telephone adapter but have not received any emails concerning shipment. They do respond well when we fund our account by credit card, but that may be automated.
VON is defined as voice - over - the - net. VOIP is defined as voice - over - Internet - protocol. They are the same for all practical purposes. For instance you may see references to PC to PC phone calls, but you may also see reference to IP to IP phone calls. Your computer, when connected to the internet, has a dedicated specific IP address. So does everyone else that is connected to the internet. The terms are the same. Some terms are just more user friendly or understandable than others. Some are Geek-speak, we suppose, invented and used by the pioneers of meisterism who ventured where no geek had gone before.
